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latimml Mi'ilatitfB Staitei).
VOL. XIX. NO. 16.
NEW YOKK, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1858.
WHOLE NO. 952.
ttaUdnal JUtf-SUnN-i) Stont-arK,
PUBLISHED WEEKLY, ON SATURDAY,
peace of Jerusalem, t
—Knoxville ( Tenn.)
Obkb St-oi-r Law.— The Cou
Supreme Court
cided by tbe Su,
Daggelt, about 'negro (
de befon
reversed one of the poin
Iby ■
lizetiship. That i:
frfl-^Iatorg.
t:i..-U'h ilKMCCUACY.
W'v. sire told by Lincoln Hint 1:
:,;,, ,.'.!-. ■ i tinI i i iii,- li:.-!. ami i-
reasou, he suys, lor his warfare upon the Supreme Ot
Of the United Stat iv, thai it deprives Hie iieKioof
riglitu and privil, m-i oi citi/i-iiship. Now, 1 n-k yon,
you in favor of eonfetring upon the negro the rights ;
privileges ol ciii,;.t.s!iip',' Do you desire to strike ou
.e Constitution that clause which keeps slaves :
ti this
i- pllll
.!..-,: , :
lih.il '
-Ill's. V 1
i free negro
my, in order that when Uiesoari shall iilmii.-l, slavery
ti paled slaves to become ci lily wild jon? If yi,u desire
s emancipated sla'
zcus auti voiers on un equality with yo
ni'gio eitv,"-nslii|) - il you ticiiii: llieui
* ith yoursel
idee—to ha
and judge of your rights—then go
lielii-velliHtll.
k |{. |nilj|ie,
. believe i
rniW men ,
1' eoi.liuin-; the e
pot; Ni gnu..-; and Indians, and other inferior races. But
Ir. Lincoln, following tho lead ot tbe Abolition eratoi--
""" '""""B and lectured in the basemeny of your
s, reads the Declaration of lntlc-
L-atetl free and equt
that the Court of ld-i
"hief-Justice I . „
great question unreversed. How the Court of Error
aid have decided lhat (pi, stiou, had liny sie'cd on it
imv le belter determined by what that Court, by Chid
' "do Williams, -1, riiliil in nnotl.it- en-", tome linn
mrds, than by the guesses of She Courier. Tb
Justice (Win ia,ii i.,:ivii j- iiu- ophiioii ol lie: Cieii-
of Errors, said :
■'.Slaves cannot 1
(the Constitution),
,Yi/'.f-ti/;i,.iv<ij^;irec:,c;iiiii-'l from Ihe privilege of
it would seem as if such persons were consider*
eluded from tho social compact."
If excluded from the social compact, it w
ddK-i::i to make Idem out to be citizens.—New Haven
Regish
i lie juntir.-i to that compact
desi table
can be no doubt thi
higher price than
labor with slave in t
accurate. 1 have
£30 per am
t you to know the compar
I -CoO ci
cedom. The
II
, v,hich r.oil:'d
Mxtim.
WEST INDIA EMANCIPATION.
UoVKHNMKNT IldUSE, BaRUADOI-
3th January, ".§68.
.-,'. j..-'.:, : i .'-..: :-...i" ci.uijj:;,- ill, ;■ :r i
formed as to the results" of the abolition ol slave,-;
llrilirih West Indus, us well in their bearing on t
prosperity
both in Europe and Aiutricu, I think that every p
to inquire
first, the ass
the Creoles __ __
o the abandonment ol tho emrur estates and
n"the first point, v'z , she eor.ipartitivi'eo'.t tl'.
" ' "eve that little if nny diileri net
ig Un- proprietors of this island.
dear and scarce. The
stead of a laborer.
Unfortunately, the r
nthc
wages have ranged fro;
ery right, every privilege, and
:s what righti
lie good 1 '.
i each Territory
ided that questioi
a Illinois, have provided that the negi
il rights—in his
self. Illinois bus. derided lii.it ipa-slimi i'or herself. We,
ided that the negro si,nil nut be a
We havo'nlso provided that he shall
s person—in his property—whi ie ive deprive
any poll
u upon the subji
the Republicans,
say that the negro ought to be made a
ien he becomes a citizen, he becomes
ighLs uml privileges of ci
ii. nil ; that
t decision is wicked and i
hold that Kentucky has the
protect slavery that Illinois has to abolish it. I hold that
New York had as much right to abolish slavery as Virginia has to continue it. 1 hold that each ami every
State of this Uniou is a sovereign power, with the right
with the free negro t "We have settled the slu-
tion as far as we are concerned ; we have prohi
Illinois forever. In doing so, I think we have dc
and there is no man iu the State who' would
strenuous in his opposition to the introduction
t for ourselves,
ight to go further, but wc must leave each nnd every other State '
arises, ii Inn sli.di be our policy in regard to free nair-n
We have said they shall not vote. The -Stale of .Mai
says free negroes may vote. .Maim: is a sown i-n Sin
and hasthe power to regulate the qualifications witl.
the rights of citizenship upon free negroes in oat- tu
State, yet I shall not quarrel with the State of Maine 1
cause it differs from mc iu opinion. Let Maine take a
of her own negroes and let Illinois alone, and we will
the State of Maine alone. So with the State of Ni
vitletl I,
is "5250 worth of property, t
judges to make that dis-
e may do as she plei
sovereign State of .New York
rel with her if she does this,
upon this question, and mind
An Item for Abolitionists.—There are as mai
slaves within the folds of the Church iu the South,
It i
e popul
expenses,
r an estate capauie oi yiei _
below that at which late sales have
this island
; "but I shall bave
furnish you
hogshead. The other espouses ought, I think,
duced by twenty per cent. It is desirable ma
should eli ai Iy understand the proportion which field
:ost of a hogshei
s as to the relative
■ ■■ :
, and sixpence for childi
ily in this island. The
the leeward islands, and
In British Guiaua aud
siderahly higher than in the ot
hogshead of SU;
ich comprises
(.ucuiiiiid Tobago.
all, except Tobago,
one-liiili' to ten peuce for
.nd the de-
wwth anythiiij
ntly they
i. v.'i. ;
■y moderate pi
follOW!
eight i
ind consequently they
ad, as in Cuba, uncultivated land can be obtained
government at a very moderate price
products of a sugar estate, the expe;
i staled above, may be f "
of sugar,
'■'.■ -■:■
erceive that wages might
al decline. Such is the result of the
: -,.■;■ :
ilund much beyond id value in the time of slavery.
SutwhatI desire to impress chiefly upon you is that
there rich lai.tl, udaidid to >.nu\:r cultivation, can be ob-
l.nir.id cheap, ns ill Trinidad and Cuba, the price ol lain::
wrtance. Every effort will in.' mi dm
iy price; and with equal facilities lot
than your lands in New Engine neb virgin soils of tbe Mississippi Valley,
gcttiiid
tondary impor
, market,
odo Id It
:a in Ci
lan tbey were in the British West Indies,
f the co
i the wages
e demanded by those who It
hiring them i
817 per t
would be sixty-five <
the price of " '
or by the p
ie free laborer
out sis
ii the h
ast. After the award
5,000, and was purchi
compen-
which lh;i-c l:a
I shall now pr
plaint. iijjuitist ll:
uliv 11.an tin
Unit that the
I5rilif.ii ti.iiiid: v,
,000, which
i ; : :.".;. mt,
hould add that 1 Levi: la km
have furnished you wilh the
nishing a fair illusl
I could multiply
lilar resulls.
,e consideration of
:. :-. ill
t such a conclusion. Tht
whiff o:aides euj.'iit lo he v.-
y oi the nlhcr colonies. In
tantly dear, being wdik i
land, l.oldmi; le-s
.npidly in civilization. You have
large share of public respect. But t
have led lo the great prosperity of t
.- Cno.eol
Trinidad. He endea-
d become a proprietor
ive never adopted a
eoles on their planta-
ion. A West Indian
profitable employment
especially if prices aiiyihing like the pi
i.iiiid. What, then, have
nadoes, I have explained
ged from ten pence to ou
i, and that rate prevails generally, with
Trinidad. In addition to Uics.e
.of hmd jiiiidiiinv given,lint, a m
ice,and he is subjected to penult
eady that
exivninei
it of the.
eplai
interfering with their
for which there i:
fully c
high prices prevailed, i
lit: i-
much i:
The c
iralui-ieti-v oi
mpluytd in the .
ever, can only b.
s held out
rued t
contrary, looking
g classes. My belief is, tha
.t-nts are oiierod, labor car
of opinion, that Iii-li wages f
ich, during the reapin
tlie crop,is much greater than al
■, I think 11,iii Hit: irue ; ,
" ' ".itstrious classes to combine labc
with labor for the proprietors.
-I..-1-. ■■ .'. :■ !
ieesdiitiorMiL.llu[ii:i„,cnis,.,rjaiidaltiiit-t
:h a tenure ns would render Ihe In borer ind-
dent. It may he said that, if so situated, he would r
> work for hire. But it
rauld be able to hold ol
enauts to labor, by fur
the manufacture of thei
ould get an ample rent:
, il.e "j
tor the propnet
Md. I ascribe tin
a great degree,
local sale ; and as increased productic
decline in price, there is no inducement
I cannot help thinking that the capil
there i< only
would cause
o industry.
countries. 'I'he effect of the immigration has
iter the proprietor to-day more independent
labor and less willing to offer the necessary indi
There is at present a very active den-
to the 1-ieh prices of sugar, which ha'
■ :; ,.■:::,
Irom ijihi.il
demand for labor, owing
particularly British Go:
tht: North.
the :-jiol.
colony.
' ndD
■uthern States
!ly. Then the
,;.,./ nfntty-Jice Ihousiiiol slave.-; in
connected with the Churches attend Dlviut
" 1's daj
:, for the owners and overseers require them,
* I
ery Sabbath.
and yet slavery—the abhorred, cursed and reviled it
tion of slavery—has brought five times the numi
tions of the world combined. Slavery has tamed,
tivd, Un-h-ti.sn^al, if you please, the brutal nc„
brought to this country by New England kidooppen ,- it
has elevated them, physically, raon "
therefore it has proved a blessing tt
this day tbe several Christian denomiuatioos in the South
iire doing more for the souls and bodies of the colored
rue- than all the freedom-sbriekers, Free-Soilers and
f slave and
. i: ■ .',
three hundred a
Lair . ,.
make inquiries t
you with
j be placed, iney m
by the proprietor of an esta
cf land, and situated nt
from the shipping port,
I, during Blavery, equal <
ul iiii-.l forty ho-sliciids. ol' sugar of the pre-
" required two hundred and thirty slaves,
by ninety free laborers, sixty adults and
en years of age. Its average product
during the last seven years has been one hundred and
ninety-four hogsheads. The total cost of labor has
£770 16s or £3 19s 2d per hogshead ef 1,700 po
verageof pounds of sugar to each laborer d
y was 1,043 lbs,, and during freedom 366 lbs.
ite the cost of slave labor, the value of two hu:
mid have been a low
ling each, which would make thi
£11,500. This, at six per cent, interest, wticl
oooh too low an estimate, would give £960
it'tlical £
i at £3 10s—making £805 ; total
staves is a point on which
reliable information. Tht
£81 the lowest £3. It is
nigration from Afrit
any r
ry arr
:, Coolie
eis no probability of any e
'■ "ieWest Indies.a-'
si ha
t desii
i should be avoided,
calate has increased in price, and is a
advantageous in vest m cm than in thi
the estates are much better and more
vat- and the proprietors are, I am
ivi'iTi'tin:;
cheap and
whelmed t
late, and e
is genera^
iicavi i';,:u ;
■
■c,.l or k
n tbe I
tbeei
o them by the
ith the reduction of Ihe
oo, that so many West Indian propiic-
I'roldily !.:
.q^ntUh
( that the off.-nces o
character. That 1
ion and property i
the highest to tbe lowest.
: iiauehiie
i.e. iiiiaily alii:
generally high,
The prejudicesalioul
West Indies
\s ii, K.e
"thy clas
middle claiis. In s-
entirely disappeare
ises, and you wif.
ii higher position
:erely held.
Vor Ihe a.
tried of cultivuti:
Meanwhile, it
Believe n
... ,
i dear sir, yours very truly.
THE TRACT SOCIETY.
tular signed by nil tl
elders in France and Switr:■■■<■■
One of the earliest names appended to this
at of theltev. Frederick Monod, brother o:
mented Horace |_Adolphe?| Monod, and probably
.■ne,l with more hearty good-will.
letter the American Churches were addressed
DR. MONOD
A little while
of publishing a circular signed by all the pastoi
letter wat
) of <
: and alarmed expostula
i you by your
tally, '
■up ,
I of J.
villi fiiivcry?
We a
feuds sh
faith, am
told that the greatest Pi
"T*S "
decided
■
f the I'n
.linn religion itself. Pray, i
umeut by ini
eaten ing
Well, the American Church, though very slowly, had
awakened—awakened to tho fact that
organized means through which they c
imunity had come so far into possessio
o the Christian
id ■
porled
tised a systematic plan of
word could be published against it by
ct Society,
Tract Society should tes:
duced by slavery, and tin
taking the weakest and n
appears to us, was not o
iwever.the Slai
tit counsels :
f Blavery, as mt
and il.e Id,mm
of thei
ind |],c did ii
owini; oiii of i
nistake. There
_ n an attack h
tposed point; but this,
lud till"' Idillil-
n on tbe books of di
except the E pis cop
against slavery, and
I have had wore wort
icided.
ch concedes nothing,
lently put dowu, and
-ajoritf, -"■■
ts alSay
Dr. Mo
jiiMiiiid mainly with the putty
for the eupprei
c'leael) Clime
nadiiie-, where all di:-i-i.i-:-i. n iv:
' everything ovc-iiuled by u r
incipally in NewYoik cilv, ivl.ieh
■ ■ ■ .f ■Inrctj.
JfllllifV ill llns il
, Dr. Mm
party a
id if I;
Ue lnde
the protests of
lift up their vi
jin-iil tmijiJlity of
"orth-Western S
jority of the evangelical chui
French biclhieti, cshu'lcd i
I igtand Churches,
3. But i
M e d i;r.
ympathy with t
the Unite
complicity ol
I hen -and,!. Dr. \lt.,:o.! io
" > tnoni-i, in siiikeloll: n:,d
r. Monod thinks it gratifyi
i judgment on slavery.
What I erase every prole
om the whole religious lite
.at not expressing any opir,
ii expressing un opinion, i
every French Prot
j that such a result i
t, every particle of it
ll'thoo
it with al! the power v,
i sending a distressed li
:!.. ■."■.::■: I':
itxliiliinjr-ustodui Hum
ipress an opmain —nay,
a fort wher
i: sleejjitig under arms. " Brethret
guns, they cry, O,
list Combat I fid hi -er.. in iv
ur French brethren eryd' K
the great gun of the Tract Soei'
jaeu sueti a iioLiti had it jjoue oil"'
every pro-slavery pa;..i., es
buthe who will have laiijiine, raid iijtdnd it. j'Lverybody
hates slavery in tho abstract—everybody condemns til!
they have some n.-aitai to the contrary, ami I hen tiny ate
-thi.-te'll he
use—fight," but when
i there would
is going the roundi
■ii-heil d'ei to 'rn- tin- ei-nend cood. tie
i Christianity to fight i
i u;iit
our Suen-ly. We go to the
i foims Ihe youthful n-lit-io
ihe wlitjl,- American Church-
gids-i
s which shall icdoctrii
Is of flavirv ut,-i Ihe w<,ti.« ol"
1 To be Slue, the ivronjiMjl ll.:
«■■■ llr(-alU.ri.ng anti-lav. rym,
,. n ,,, t i t n ,
uist Book Concern—to the B.ip
Concern—to the Kpiscepal Book Concern, a,
ie story. Then y
and oppressit
hii.ii,
You t
th a Theological Seminary,
tion, ami so 1 must, content myself
rring. Another is pastor of a '"
j- an-,thing. Auother is teachei
Cnind,,i,
tethin-; e'-o, end the lv.-iill is,tl:„
1 inQdels by tl
ealied infuk-li
i of silence
tbem of s
t coiirageout! men : Ah 1 how mmiy i.uch
iu Church espelied from lar bon-ni by
We hope iii'n: -rud fk.st tee Freecli Churches W
enreed | olic
iveti-eig
-.//fi
ll I'l.u.eh
n,l„i i
THE DISCIPLINE OF SLAVERY.
•■■ 11'icii s..id (says the Providence Journal) that
u the Sen:iierti'Slnles ,o: oidiliie; iin-truelivi: lo
^ in an .11, tirr hu the I- I'o it l nth 1
ieiin.o.nl Disjiiildi ol ,\nfl:>! 4ih is - lie of the
■ ■
o; end" ii: dialed hv the i-upjiiiin is of
■Si.,, .ei.."
: tiioulil be siicli a n.iiiiitiytiiersiu regiird
i-.ii.t-ii eiit'i radices, h, Ike Leigh si
ind H
i Church, last Sunday i
"Idei-i:".
uptist Afi
'to thco|iini:.n'thal
lay them before our renin ,v,
pursued by Ihe M
i that hel.as tiuDECi
authority. That the facts may be properly i
' r tbem before our renin r.-, a* given to
Ou Sunday, the 15th inst., Lieut. Tun
it they were thi-ie the jiienti-
ith this iulormuiiou ln-lore 1.
•„ and, if they found that the n
-,c ijtiij.:.' :uu<hl In.in books, o:
party
will: lied
The :
I Ihe
nv,ik-t He
pi-tor, licv. T. Lin.
befote the Mayor, by v.
discharged.
;:: . a! .,.' .:■: h.-i "ill" \ ■ '- ' i ■:'■'■ --
WOrdiiji ; a
ti opinion unless overruled by llie C-,
Sunday schools, why ore the pupils suppled with ho:
allowed to take them to the schools ? Do uot the 1
the State impose heavy penalties ou any petvou t
ted of teaching negroes to read aud write? And"
. there laws pas-ed to prevent negroes from obtain
ication. and from doing mischief with their learni:
■eek passes that
the Apporti
by legal process. But tbey pro I
; they would interpose no obstacle to free iut-tilulii
the abolition of slavery in their own domain. ')'
" It lasted just f
e slaveholders that T-
claim thai Iiu si: Were not .,d«
taken from V irejiihi, Curi/.i .ml
already exited ; that Ihev ef e
nof i
anyti
hieli lhi\
ain for t
from the United States and Cat
" " es. It :
omigrati
inducements than tbey
the free negroes of Amerii
sdlic i
they o2er much g
wages, w
yet done. Cheap lane
a than ti
Northern St.a
i that
> be 1
inch n
Canada,
ordinary task can be finished with
in the West Indies than would be
nominal rate. But it should be ri,
iny system
nily, should be leased io perpetuity
i one-half (
■■■ "■
e,and tbat the
the option of becoming the purchase.
;apita!. I am aware ef the
: in any of the other colonies,
l half a mile of the sugi
i of the value of
■ should be less,
from the United States
red. Tin: pi. ■:■ ■
.0 the West Indies I
ionvinced, need not be
ipply chiefly to those points affecting
slutid, there can be no doubt whatever thi
the anniversary of West India Emancipation with tl
' ' h of the driver and the shrie
]ger heard, that passage, so w-
ither, in bis essays to do good, r
God that
,j['"aM|it:l
smoothly effaced. If Dr.
word slavery is dropped o
was in fact slowly and gra
against slavery ft
wiping it out wil
needed altiuliou.
rris, of England, ennmer
es slavery among them, I
The system thus praetit
ped in tht
/ bad been t
a of the world, »___....
s cowardly and um
5 to see tbat her children were
demoralizing
■
t form of'
y was the only
■atify. It had tracts against gambling, against tbe
a the sinfulness of daucing ; it was only on slavery
So the Church, as exhorted by her French brethren,
hich, by its silence, gi
each school, each
which could not be done
all.
last year, French brethren,
warmth, said, Pray, tell us. what
i your American Churches, how
answer, They
.1-French Chi
connected with it
on plans in themselves i
means and money, and n
i affianced I
i precious
useful. They
, Satan c.
and sooty, but as a polished aud religious Christi
says, "Fair Lady, 1 will build your walls, and
your gates, ami garuiidi all youi- borders with I
stones. 1 will build all your waste places, o,dij he -olcd
on one thing, where your speaking would be death to me.
I don't forbid you to pray, nor to have your own private
opinion, nor to abhor—you may abhor to you
If the waste places iu French Churches are to
■ -. France will have deeper em
mourn than now she does. Infidels will say," Ji
told you ; al! religious alike betray the cause of freedom
The influence of this is tha more unfortunate, I
even politicians, men of the world, from the mere in
of natural generosity and conscience, have oftei
When certain leading Democrats in tbe free State of
Ohio, whose prospects among their Irish
.
sent money to him to help his favorite p
tion fur Irish liberty, and premised
stained money. In
ilid.inaiiii- M
otested that, I
free State, thev had no oersonal i
1, llleUl,:
le" Final
!,,j!'..r-
Vi." Tiiis,
and made " Final Settlement" No, 2,
t? Till wo bo
Then tl.i-y jm.i
extend freed oi
: tie.v piiiehiise, si; lug,'■ this nine!
'Missouri, sh
fill solemnly eoveuar
uother foot of soil, lieiuse it, ami ive win worry yen,
ia! ikii-iiti.u you, and ni..|r,i:i you. mid even quit the
ddoii, ii' you don't look out." Al. iui-h iipjiiiliitig
aenaees, coupled wiii.i incu sneaied oiomise.--, v ,-. '.unit;
i;..|n iV.vn end begged then] lo td.i- every men tiny
wanted. Thus was. made '■ Fii.nl ix-ii.emc-nt " No. 3.
I ■ ,,d :,,."."! V Ti nl ui' •■ li :::.".■
"Lone
!i Viols-
■;il„;w,
r ul las
>rth.
of yours; we won't stay with such
liou, and take Texas ii
,ther we thought
.Soiled 1
behuif oi filavery, alter this
fight for Texas after we
" .ally that, before
japital bargain, when
■ess, that there Bhould
claims presented in
il Settlement " No 4.
t it turned out we ht
night out
".■vie
indmarks. We consider them tinii-hoinned and irre.
lealable^ Of this sort is the glorious Missouri Compr

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VOL. XIX. NO. 16.
NEW YOKK, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1858.
WHOLE NO. 952.
ttaUdnal JUtf-SUnN-i) Stont-arK,
PUBLISHED WEEKLY, ON SATURDAY,
peace of Jerusalem, t
—Knoxville ( Tenn.)
Obkb St-oi-r Law.— The Cou
Supreme Court
cided by tbe Su,
Daggelt, about 'negro (
de befon
reversed one of the poin
Iby ■
lizetiship. That i:
frfl-^Iatorg.
t:i..-U'h ilKMCCUACY.
W'v. sire told by Lincoln Hint 1:
:,;,, ,.'.!-. ■ i tinI i i iii,- li:.-!. ami i-
reasou, he suys, lor his warfare upon the Supreme Ot
Of the United Stat iv, thai it deprives Hie iieKioof
riglitu and privil, m-i oi citi/i-iiship. Now, 1 n-k yon,
you in favor of eonfetring upon the negro the rights ;
privileges ol ciii,;.t.s!iip',' Do you desire to strike ou
.e Constitution that clause which keeps slaves :
ti this
i- pllll
.!..-,: , :
lih.il '
-Ill's. V 1
i free negro
my, in order that when Uiesoari shall iilmii.-l, slavery
ti paled slaves to become ci lily wild jon? If yi,u desire
s emancipated sla'
zcus auti voiers on un equality with yo
ni'gio eitv,"-nslii|) - il you ticiiii: llieui
* ith yoursel
idee—to ha
and judge of your rights—then go
lielii-velliHtll.
k |{. |nilj|ie,
. believe i
rniW men ,
1' eoi.liuin-; the e
pot; Ni gnu..-; and Indians, and other inferior races. But
Ir. Lincoln, following tho lead ot tbe Abolition eratoi--
""" '""""B and lectured in the basemeny of your
s, reads the Declaration of lntlc-
L-atetl free and equt
that the Court of ld-i
"hief-Justice I . „
great question unreversed. How the Court of Error
aid have decided lhat (pi, stiou, had liny sie'cd on it
imv le belter determined by what that Court, by Chid
' "do Williams, -1, riiliil in nnotl.it- en-", tome linn
mrds, than by the guesses of She Courier. Tb
Justice (Win ia,ii i.,:ivii j- iiu- ophiioii ol lie: Cieii-
of Errors, said :
■'.Slaves cannot 1
(the Constitution),
,Yi/'.f-ti/;i,.iv.nu\:r cultivation, can be ob-
l.nir.id cheap, ns ill Trinidad and Cuba, the price ol lain::
wrtance. Every effort will in.' mi dm
iy price; and with equal facilities lot
than your lands in New Engine neb virgin soils of tbe Mississippi Valley,
gcttiiid
tondary impor
, market,
odo Id It
:a in Ci
lan tbey were in the British West Indies,
f the co
i the wages
e demanded by those who It
hiring them i
817 per t
would be sixty-five <
the price of " '
or by the p
ie free laborer
out sis
ii the h
ast. After the award
5,000, and was purchi
compen-
which lh;i-c l:a
I shall now pr
plaint. iijjuitist ll:
uliv 11.an tin
Unit that the
I5rilif.ii ti.iiiid: v,
,000, which
i ; : :.".;. mt,
hould add that 1 Levi: la km
have furnished you wilh the
nishing a fair illusl
I could multiply
lilar resulls.
,e consideration of
:. :-. ill
t such a conclusion. Tht
whiff o:aides euj.'iit lo he v.-
y oi the nlhcr colonies. In
tantly dear, being wdik i
land, l.oldmi; le-s
.npidly in civilization. You have
large share of public respect. But t
have led lo the great prosperity of t
.- Cno.eol
Trinidad. He endea-
d become a proprietor
ive never adopted a
eoles on their planta-
ion. A West Indian
profitable employment
especially if prices aiiyihing like the pi
i.iiiid. What, then, have
nadoes, I have explained
ged from ten pence to ou
i, and that rate prevails generally, with
Trinidad. In addition to Uics.e
.of hmd jiiiidiiinv given,lint, a m
ice,and he is subjected to penult
eady that
exivninei
it of the.
eplai
interfering with their
for which there i:
fully c
high prices prevailed, i
lit: i-
much i:
The c
iralui-ieti-v oi
mpluytd in the .
ever, can only b.
s held out
rued t
contrary, looking
g classes. My belief is, tha
.t-nts are oiierod, labor car
of opinion, that Iii-li wages f
ich, during the reapin
tlie crop,is much greater than al
■, I think 11,iii Hit: irue ; ,
" ' ".itstrious classes to combine labc
with labor for the proprietors.
-I..-1-. ■■ .'. :■ !
ieesdiitiorMiL.llu[ii:i„,cnis,.,rjaiidaltiiit-t
:h a tenure ns would render Ihe In borer ind-
dent. It may he said that, if so situated, he would r
> work for hire. But it
rauld be able to hold ol
enauts to labor, by fur
the manufacture of thei
ould get an ample rent:
, il.e "j
tor the propnet
Md. I ascribe tin
a great degree,
local sale ; and as increased productic
decline in price, there is no inducement
I cannot help thinking that the capil
there i< only
would cause
o industry.
countries. 'I'he effect of the immigration has
iter the proprietor to-day more independent
labor and less willing to offer the necessary indi
There is at present a very active den-
to the 1-ieh prices of sugar, which ha'
■ :; ,.■:::,
Irom ijihi.il
demand for labor, owing
particularly British Go:
tht: North.
the :-jiol.
colony.
' ndD
■uthern States
!ly. Then the
,;.,./ nfntty-Jice Ihousiiiol slave.-; in
connected with the Churches attend Dlviut
" 1's daj
:, for the owners and overseers require them,
* I
ery Sabbath.
and yet slavery—the abhorred, cursed and reviled it
tion of slavery—has brought five times the numi
tions of the world combined. Slavery has tamed,
tivd, Un-h-ti.sn^al, if you please, the brutal nc„
brought to this country by New England kidooppen ,- it
has elevated them, physically, raon "
therefore it has proved a blessing tt
this day tbe several Christian denomiuatioos in the South
iire doing more for the souls and bodies of the colored
rue- than all the freedom-sbriekers, Free-Soilers and
f slave and
. i: ■ .',
three hundred a
Lair . ,.
make inquiries t
you with
j be placed, iney m
by the proprietor of an esta
cf land, and situated nt
from the shipping port,
I, during Blavery, equal <
ul iiii-.l forty ho-sliciids. ol' sugar of the pre-
" required two hundred and thirty slaves,
by ninety free laborers, sixty adults and
en years of age. Its average product
during the last seven years has been one hundred and
ninety-four hogsheads. The total cost of labor has
£770 16s or £3 19s 2d per hogshead ef 1,700 po
verageof pounds of sugar to each laborer d
y was 1,043 lbs,, and during freedom 366 lbs.
ite the cost of slave labor, the value of two hu:
mid have been a low
ling each, which would make thi
£11,500. This, at six per cent, interest, wticl
oooh too low an estimate, would give £960
it'tlical £
i at £3 10s—making £805 ; total
staves is a point on which
reliable information. Tht
£81 the lowest £3. It is
nigration from Afrit
any r
ry arr
:, Coolie
eis no probability of any e
'■ "ieWest Indies.a-'
si ha
t desii
i should be avoided,
calate has increased in price, and is a
advantageous in vest m cm than in thi
the estates are much better and more
vat- and the proprietors are, I am
ivi'iTi'tin:;
cheap and
whelmed t
late, and e
is genera^
iicavi i';,:u ;
■
■c,.l or k
n tbe I
tbeei
o them by the
ith the reduction of Ihe
oo, that so many West Indian propiic-
I'roldily !.:
.q^ntUh
( that the off.-nces o
character. That 1
ion and property i
the highest to tbe lowest.
: iiauehiie
i.e. iiiiaily alii:
generally high,
The prejudicesalioul
West Indies
\s ii, K.e
"thy clas
middle claiis. In s-
entirely disappeare
ises, and you wif.
ii higher position
:erely held.
Vor Ihe a.
tried of cultivuti:
Meanwhile, it
Believe n
... ,
i dear sir, yours very truly.
THE TRACT SOCIETY.
tular signed by nil tl
elders in France and Switr:■■■ tnoni-i, in siiikeloll: n:,d
r. Monod thinks it gratifyi
i judgment on slavery.
What I erase every prole
om the whole religious lite
.at not expressing any opir,
ii expressing un opinion, i
every French Prot
j that such a result i
t, every particle of it
ll'thoo
it with al! the power v,
i sending a distressed li
:!.. ■."■.::■: I':
itxliiliinjr-ustodui Hum
ipress an opmain —nay,
a fort wher
i: sleejjitig under arms. " Brethret
guns, they cry, O,
list Combat I fid hi -er.. in iv
ur French brethren eryd' K
the great gun of the Tract Soei'
jaeu sueti a iioLiti had it jjoue oil"'
every pro-slavery pa;..i., es
buthe who will have laiijiine, raid iijtdnd it. j'Lverybody
hates slavery in tho abstract—everybody condemns til!
they have some n.-aitai to the contrary, ami I hen tiny ate
-thi.-te'll he
use—fight," but when
i there would
is going the roundi
■ii-heil d'ei to 'rn- tin- ei-nend cood. tie
i Christianity to fight i
i u;iit
our Suen-ly. We go to the
i foims Ihe youthful n-lit-io
ihe wlitjl,- American Church-
gids-i
s which shall icdoctrii
Is of flavirv ut,-i Ihe w! 4ih is - lie of the
■ ■
o; end" ii: dialed hv the i-upjiiiin is of
■Si.,, .ei.."
: tiioulil be siicli a n.iiiiitiytiiersiu regiird
i-.ii.t-ii eiit'i radices, h, Ike Leigh si
ind H
i Church, last Sunday i
"Idei-i:".
uptist Afi
'to thco|iini:.n'thal
lay them before our renin ,v,
pursued by Ihe M
i that hel.as tiuDECi
authority. That the facts may be properly i
' r tbem before our renin r.-, a* given to
Ou Sunday, the 15th inst., Lieut. Tun
it they were thi-ie the jiienti-
ith this iulormuiiou ln-lore 1.
•„ and, if they found that the n
-,c ijtiij.:.' :uu be 1
inch n
Canada,
ordinary task can be finished with
in the West Indies than would be
nominal rate. But it should be ri,
iny system
nily, should be leased io perpetuity
i one-half (
■■■ "■
e,and tbat the
the option of becoming the purchase.
;apita!. I am aware ef the
: in any of the other colonies,
l half a mile of the sugi
i of the value of
■ should be less,
from the United States
red. Tin: pi. ■:■ ■
.0 the West Indies I
ionvinced, need not be
ipply chiefly to those points affecting
slutid, there can be no doubt whatever thi
the anniversary of West India Emancipation with tl
' ' h of the driver and the shrie
]ger heard, that passage, so w-
ither, in bis essays to do good, r
God that
,j['"aM|it:l
smoothly effaced. If Dr.
word slavery is dropped o
was in fact slowly and gra
against slavery ft
wiping it out wil
needed altiuliou.
rris, of England, ennmer
es slavery among them, I
The system thus praetit
ped in tht
/ bad been t
a of the world, »___....
s cowardly and um
5 to see tbat her children were
demoralizing
■
t form of'
y was the only
■atify. It had tracts against gambling, against tbe
a the sinfulness of daucing ; it was only on slavery
So the Church, as exhorted by her French brethren,
hich, by its silence, gi
each school, each
which could not be done
all.
last year, French brethren,
warmth, said, Pray, tell us. what
i your American Churches, how
answer, They
.1-French Chi
connected with it
on plans in themselves i
means and money, and n
i affianced I
i precious
useful. They
, Satan c.
and sooty, but as a polished aud religious Christi
says, "Fair Lady, 1 will build your walls, and
your gates, ami garuiidi all youi- borders with I
stones. 1 will build all your waste places, o,dij he -olcd
on one thing, where your speaking would be death to me.
I don't forbid you to pray, nor to have your own private
opinion, nor to abhor—you may abhor to you
If the waste places iu French Churches are to
■ -. France will have deeper em
mourn than now she does. Infidels will say," Ji
told you ; al! religious alike betray the cause of freedom
The influence of this is tha more unfortunate, I
even politicians, men of the world, from the mere in
of natural generosity and conscience, have oftei
When certain leading Democrats in tbe free State of
Ohio, whose prospects among their Irish
.
sent money to him to help his favorite p
tion fur Irish liberty, and premised
stained money. In
ilid.inaiiii- M
otested that, I
free State, thev had no oersonal i
1, llleUl,:
le" Final
!,,j!'..r-
Vi." Tiiis,
and made " Final Settlement" No, 2,
t? Till wo bo
Then tl.i-y jm.i
extend freed oi
: tie.v piiiehiise, si; lug,'■ this nine!
'Missouri, sh
fill solemnly eoveuar
uother foot of soil, lieiuse it, ami ive win worry yen,
ia! ikii-iiti.u you, and ni..|r,i:i you. mid even quit the
ddoii, ii' you don't look out." Al. iui-h iipjiiiliitig
aenaees, coupled wiii.i incu sneaied oiomise.--, v ,-. '.unit;
i;..|n iV.vn end begged then] lo td.i- every men tiny
wanted. Thus was. made '■ Fii.nl ix-ii.emc-nt " No. 3.
I ■ ,,d :,,."."! V Ti nl ui' •■ li :::.".■
"Lone
!i Viols-
■;il„;w,
r ul las
>rth.
of yours; we won't stay with such
liou, and take Texas ii
,ther we thought
.Soiled 1
behuif oi filavery, alter this
fight for Texas after we
" .ally that, before
japital bargain, when
■ess, that there Bhould
claims presented in
il Settlement " No 4.
t it turned out we ht
night out
".■vie
indmarks. We consider them tinii-hoinned and irre.
lealable^ Of this sort is the glorious Missouri Compr